Confirmed! Of course, it took college students to bring Providence its first bike-sharing program. Thanks to Greater City: Providence for passing this along. Story here. Now: expansion! (but first, back to Thanksgiving…)
The Greenways Alliance of Rhode Island (GARI), thanks to the generosity of the Narragansett Bay Wheelmen, is soliciting grant requests from area organizations for projects that would benefit bicycling in our Ocean State and nearby parts of Massachusetts. Being a 501(c)3 is not a necessity. $1500 is still available for 2008, and $5000 will be
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I frequently listen to The Bike Show podcast. It’s interesting to get a perspective on cycling from across the pond and listen to some of the activities and issues cyclists are facing in and around London. One of the recent shows entitled Emergency: Lorries Killing Cyclists really resonated with me, as I think we’ve all
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Our friends at REI have put together a handy web page with info about bikes as transportation: http://www.rei.com/bikeyourdrive While bikeprovidence.org is largely preaching to the choir, REI’s page is a great resource for novices. Check it out, and pass the link along to those who need it (or don’t know that they need it!). It
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In some ways, our neighbors to the west lag behind RI in bike advocacy, but they’ve gotten ahead of us on this one. Effective October 1, 2008, motorists are required to allow at least three feet of separation when overtaking and passing cyclists on state roads. Failure to do so can lead to a fine.
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Given that it was a relatively small addendum to last month’s $700 billion Wall St bailout bill, it may have escaped the notice of some that our United States now enables employers to provide a tax benefit to those who commute by bike, similar to that which is available for those who commute on public
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Almost a year ago, we reported on an accident where a 13 year old boy was killed by a motorist driving while sending a text message. Yesterday, the driver was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to the charges. While I have to give the driver some credit, he took responsibility
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Last night the city presented its summary of the charrette process for these 3 East Side neighborhoods. The following bullets are the specifically bicycle-related items in the summary. There is a bit of overlap due to items appearing in more than one area of the summary document. I have boldfaced a few items that I
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RIDOT announced during the most recent Environmental Council meeting that, due to bugetary shortfalls, they are re-evaluating the George Redman Linear Park project. How or what will happen to this project is still up in the air, but it’s clear from what we have learned that the project will not go forward in it’s entirity.
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The Warwick City Council met back on October 20th to vote on whether or not to pass a resolution requiring motorists to give cyclists a reasonable amount of room when passing. The resolution passed unanimously! I managed to get my hands on a copy of the resolution, the most important portion of which reads: NOW,
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